• Have completed at least 12 credits at BMCC
• Be Writing and Literature major (January 2009 graduates eligible!)
• Have a 3.0 average in English courses
• Complete a cover-sheet, available in the English Department or at: Degree Program Writing and Literature
  http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/english/writing/index.html
  
  

• Submit original writing in one or more of the following categories:
  Academic Writing includes critical essays and research papers.
  Journalism includes only feature writing. (There is separate news writing award, the ALM Business Media Inc. News Writing Award. See separate announcement.)
  Creative Writing includes Poetry, Fiction, Drama, and Autobiography.

Submissions must be delivered to the English Department, N720. NO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
For additional information, contact Dr. Joyce Zonana at: jzonana@bmcc.cuny.edu

*Currently Unavailable

GreenApple Corps, an AmeriCorps initiative of New York City Parks and Recreation, began in October 2004. The goal of the GreenApple Corps program is to immerse Corps members in a variety of work and learning experiences to provide them with technical skills, practical knowledge and personal development opportunities.

GreenApple Corps members work actively in three program areas: Environmental Education, ecological Restoration and Management and Urban Forestry. The GreenApple Corps weaves these three strands together into a cohesive public benefit program to preserve and restore natural areas, increase the street tree population citywide and turn school kids into environmentally aware citizens and stewards.

Contact: GreenApple Corps
Mr. Brian Aucoin
Program Director
1234 5th Avenue, Room 200
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212-360-2749
Fax: 212-360-1426
E-mail: Brian.Aucoin@parks.nyc.gov

The New York State Corps Collaboration provides a unified voice for corps programs in New York State. AmeriCorps members focus on enhancing and restoring the natural environment through environmental conservation, preservation, and education projects at parks, wildlife habitats, community gardens, watersheds, and other green spaces.

The program also provides housing services such as weatherizing, refurbishing low-income housing units and by performing neighborhood improvement projects.

Contact: Civic Communities Corps
Ms. Linda Cohen, Executive Director
24 Century Hill Drive
Suite 200
Latham, NY 12110
Phone: 518-470-4995
Fax: 518-783-3577
E-mail: ljg19@nyscc.net
URL: The New York State Corps Collaboration

Students enrolled in a travel and tourism program

2.5 minimum GPA

Resident, citizen, or legal alien of the U. S. or Canada

Recommendation letter from professor or employer

500-word essay on the future of the cruise industry

Please visit the following ASTA web address for application and/or additional information....
Amercian Society of Travel Agents Educational Programs

*Please check the website in February 2010 for updated scholarship deadlines.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering Greater Research Opportunities Undergraduate Fellowships for bachelor level students in environmentally related fields of study for FY2009. The announcement for the FY2009 program is anticipated to open in July 2008.

Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $17,000 per year of academic support and up to $7,500 of internship support for the three-month summer period.

U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence. Resident alien must include a green card number in the pre-application. Before a fellowship is awarded, the residency status of all aliens will be confirmed with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services.

Have at least a "B" average (3.0).

Have two years of study remaining before receiving a Bachelor’s degree.

Must attend a four-year accredited institution full time, or a two-year accredited institution with plans to attend a four-year institution following graduation. Furthermore, the four-year institution must be a U.S. academic institution which receives less than $35 million in Federal Research and Development expenditures (see website for details and further information).

Please visit: STAR Fellowships NCER US EPA
for applications and/or additional information.

*No updated deadline information is currently available for this scholarship. Please check the website periodically for updates.

• Continuing full-time BMCC students who demonstrate high academic performance and financial need
• Must be a current BMCC student who has completed at least one semester with a minimum of 12 real credits at BMCC
• Must demonstrate financial need
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.00
• Must maintain a minimum of 12 credits each semester with a minimum GPA of 3.0 after you receive the scholarship
• Must be enrolled in your first degree (please do not apply if you hold an Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree)
  

• Application form, typed or printed
• A one-page typed essay discussing your long-range academic and professional goals and your financial need
• Two letters of recommendation, at least one from a BMCC faculty or staff member on a BMCC letterhead

*Currently Unavailable

Sixteen Bank Street College graduate students (half-time members) serve in three New York City public schools with culturally diverse populations (grades K-5). Members work with students in one or more varied educational formats. They work with students on a one-to-one basis and/or in small groups on reading, writing or language arts. Sometimes they assist classroom teachers during literacy blocks, such as "reading time" and/or during "writer’s workshops."

Some members read novels and lead discussions (to further comprehension) with students in the context of "literature circles." Members meet weekly for training with a Bank Street College of Education staff member who is a literacy specialist. (Participation in this program is limited to Bank Street College students who are currently enrolled in fieldwork.)

Contact: Bank Street College of Education – Graduate School
Ms. Jessica Hirsch
Program Director
610 West 112th Street – 6th Floor
New York, NY 10025-1898
Phone: 212-875-4408
Fax: 212-875-4635
E-mail: jhirsch@bnkst.edu

AmeriCorps members serve in different CSS Departments and are assigned to varying boroughs as project facilitators, Outreach Specialists, Community Awareness Leaders, Resident Organizers, Literacy Leaders, Financial Literacy Leaders/Tax Counseling Coordinators via Financial Education Program (FEP), Project Coordinators/Liaisons via MentorCHIP (mentoring children of incarcerated parents) and Head Start Community Organizing Assistant Leaders.

Fridays are designated for member development group planning activities, issue oriented discussions on citizenship, training on personal and professional development and team meetings. Members spend one of these Fridays in the field learning about the diverse populations they serve through visits to different neighborhoods and NYC Arts and Cultural institutions. Members are also required to produce a community resource directory that includes volunteer opportunities in the neighborhood where they reside.

Contact: Community Service Society AmeriCorps
Ms. Judy James
Contact Person
105 East 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-614-5413
Fax: 212-598-4782
E-mail: jjames@cssny.org

Red Hook Public Safety Corps members spend a year working with the Red Hook Community Justice Center and local social service agencies creating and implementing projects involving public safety and community strengthening in Red Hook and Brooklyn.

Projects include domestic violence workshops, graffiti and park cleanups, sponsoring a kids’ summer baseball league, tutoring children, and assisting teachers in local public schools, and growing community gardens.

Contact: Red Hook Public Safety Corps
Mr. James Brodick or Ms. Kate Doniger
Contact Person
Red Hook Community Justice Center
88 Visitation Place
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone: 718-923-8280 or 718-923-8249
Fax: 718-923-8248
E-mail: jbodick@courts.state.ny.us
E-mail: kdoniger@courts.state.ny.us

Student Conservation Association New York AmeriCorps members complete critical, hand-on environmental conservation and historic preservation service projects, while engaging community residents to become active and educated conservation stewards. Partner agency sites are located throughout the Adirondack Park, Hudson Valley and New York City.

Members receive extensive training and professional development during their service. Projects include community and reconstruction/maintenance, and youth leadership programs.

Contact: SCA New York AmeriCorps
Leigh Draper
Program Director
P.O. Box 699
New Paltz, NY 12561
Phone: 845-255-4758
Fax: 845-255-6987
E-mail: ldraper@thesca.org

AmeriCorps members provide tutoring, homework help, educational enrichment, cultural enrichment, service learning, recreational activities, sports programming, mentoring, counseling, team-building, and coaching for students in grades K-12 at in-school after-school programs operated by community based organizations.

Additionally, members design and implement community service projects and recruit and manage volunteers from the communities they serve. Members serve in teams of at least five and provide a total of 63,332 hours of service in after-school programs over the course of the academic year.

Contact: TASC ¿ Community Works AmeriCorps Program
Ms. Jessica Lentini
Program Director
925 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-547-6985
Fax: 212-547-6983
E-mail: jlentini@tascorp.org

Members serving with The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board will help preserve affordable housing for low-income families throughout New York City through conversion of buildings to limited-equity, affordable cooperatives. Members will:
  (1) be responsible for recruiting “tenant partners” in prospective buildings, and actively work with those partners to make sure that they are taking an active role in the development process;
  (2) provide direct service to residents to make certain that they are prepared for the conversion process. This will include, gathering information about tenants regarding income, size of household, design preferences, and special needs;

 (3) help empower residents during the relocation and rehabilitation phase of development to ensure that the ;process runs smoothly and that management is providing adequate services to residents; and,
  (4) assist residents with asset development, acquiring loans for the purchase of their units, and with obtaining financial assistance for residents.

Contact: Urban Homesteading Assistance Board AmeriCorps
Mr. Brent Sharman
Program Director
120 Wall Street, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10005-3904
Phone: 212-479-3390
Fax: 212-344-6457
E-mail: sorce@uhab.org

Any poet of American birth who is able to spend one year outside the continent of North America. There is no age requirement, and there is no requirement that applicants be enrolled in a university or other education program. While many recent winners have been published poets, there is no requirement that applicants have previously published their work.

Applicants must be citizens of the United States by virtue either of birth within the United States or of birth outside the United States to a U.S. citizen parent.

The poetry sample must not exceed either 40 typed pages or one printed volume plus no more than 20 typed pages of your most recent work.

Please visit: Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
for application and/or additional information.

*Applications will be re-opened in February, 2010. Please check the website at that time for further information.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident status.

Applicants must be entering their freshman year of college in the fall of 2010 as a full-time student and plan to pursue a degree in the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.

Students eligible to apply for both the AMS Minority Scholarship Program and the AMS Freshman Scholarship Program may apply to both programs, but may only accept one AMS scholarship.

A completed application package includes:
  1. A completed application form
  2. An official high school transcript showing grades from the past three years
  3. A letter of recommendation from a high school teacher or guidance counselor
  4. A copy of scores from an SAT or similar national college entrance exam

Please visit: AMS Student Resources
for application and/or additional information.

Full-time undergraduates of Armenian descent who completed the first year of a accredited college or university

$15.00 application fee·

Good academic performance

Evidence self help

Participate in extracurricular activities

Mail application to:
A.S.A Scholarship Committee
333 Atlantic Avenue
Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 461-6114
Armenian Students' Association of America, Inc.

Full-time CUNY undergraduate students

Minimum GPA of 3.75

16 or more CUNY credits completed

Evidence of good character

Significant service to CUNY and/or community

Application available at City Tech - Belle Zeller Scholarship

If you would like the Scholarship Office to request a BMCC transcript, review your application packet and submit it for you, please submit the completed application by Thursday, February 11, 2010

Open to all US-based High School Seniors graduating in 2009 who are applying to US-based accredited four year colleges and universities.
Simply fill out the application form, provide an official academic transcript, a professional resume including information about yourself, job history, extracurricular activities, charities, etc.

Applicants must submit a one page essay describing how you have made a positive difference in social or environmental issues, and how you plan to contribute towards a sustainable future.
Have two of your teachers, past or present provide letters of recommendations for you as to why you deserve this scholarship.

Please visit: AVerMedia - Scholarship Program

Open to high school seniors planning to attend an accredited U.S. college or vocational school in the fall of 2009. Scholarships are awarded to students who volunteer time to their communities, excel in academics, and participate in extra curricular activities.

The application must be completed electronically online; no paper applications will be accepted. The application and directions are available now at: Best Buy Scholarship

Please Visit: Best Buy Scholarship

Dependent child of an active duty service member who died or was permanently disabled (100% rating) in the line of duty, or who is currently certified as a POW or MIA.

Must be a senior in high school, a high school graduate, or enrolled in an institution of higher learning, including colleges, universities, or vocational schools.

Must be under 26 years of age.

Visit:
Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund

*No updated deadline information is currently available for this scholarship. Please check the website periodically for for updates.

The program is open to self-identified Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender graduating high school seniors meeting the prescribed criteria.

• Be graduating from high school in the year he / she applies for a scholarship.
• Be a United States Citizen.
• Be attending an accredited college, university, or vocational school within the United States or Canada. Proof of acceptance is required.
• Provide an OFFICIAL copy of his / her high school transcript showing a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better using a 4.0 scale or equivalent. Weighted average can be used in this calculations. If the applicant’s high school does not use a numerical grading system, then a complete description of the measures of success and requirements for graduation is required.
• Complete 2 personal essays as outlined on the application form.
• Provide at least 2 letters of recommendation from non-family members.
• Prepare a detailed list of community involvement. “Extra-Credit” is given to those activities and leadership roles relating directly to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities.
• Sign an acknowledgement form agreeing to the outlined terms and conditions of the application. (See application form)
• Mail the completed application by the deadline on the application form.

Visit:
League Foundation